Nadal Ties Agassi Titles Record

by Greg Sharko

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02.05.2010

ATP stats and information guru Greg Sharko looks at the numbers behind the stories of the ATP World Tour in his regular column, 'Shark Bites'.

Rafael Nadal captured his 17th career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title Sunday in Rome, tying Andre Agassi’s record which he held since 2004. Nadal accomplished the feat in his 52nd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in a span of less than eight years while the American needed 84 tournaments to reach that mark in 14 years.

Nadal’s Finals (17-6) Nadal is the only player to reach nine different tournament finals. Of the current nine tournaments the only final he has not reached is Cincinnati where he has a 9-6 match record. His most successful tournaments have come in Monte-Carlo and Rome where he’s won 11 titles and compiled a 61-2 match record. Overall, he’s won six different ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.

Agassi’s Finals (17-5)Agassi is the only player to win seven different tournaments, leading the way with Miami (six titles) followed by Cincinnati and Canada (three each). He won ATP Masters 1000 titles 14 years apart – 1990 Miami and 2004 Cincinnati – that is the longest span between first and last titles.

Tournament

Finals W-L

Match W-L

Miami

6-2

59-10 +

Cincinnati

3-0

31-10

Canada (Montreal/Toronto)

3-1

35-10

Paris

2-0

14-4

Indian Wells

1-2

36-15 +

Rome

1-1

15-7 +

Madrid

1-0

7-1

+ Also won matches before 1990 Note: Agassi’s last ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final came in 2005 in Montreal where he lost to Nadal. All five of Agassi’s final losses came to Top 3 opponents – Pete Sampras (twice), Stefan Edberg, Marcelo Rios and Nadal.

All-Time Match Wins Leaders (since 1990)While Agassi is the all-time leader with 209 match wins, Nadal owns the best match winning percentage (.833). Since capturing his first ATP Masters 1000 title in 2005, Nadal has an outstanding winning percentage of .860 from 2005-’10.